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What is the output of the following command given in tso/ispf terminal?

1025

How many registers we are using in mvs?

1200

What is need of start 0?

1130

How to get the last record in vsam file in cluster? And how can u get the ksds file records into cobol program?

1034

How to get the last record in vsam file in cluster? And how can you get the ksds file records into cobol program?

1172

What is sqlca and why is it needed in any cobol-db2 program?

1 1777

When is inspect verb is used in cobol?

1258

What is the difference between goback, stop run and exit program in cobol?

1590

What is distributed relational database architecture? And components?

999

Explain ibm z?

1018

What is difference between static call and dynamic call?

1030

What is database descriptor?

1020

How do you find whether any generations exist under a gdg base?

1050

Can we give +2 instead of +1 while creating a new gdg file?

964

How joinkeys helps in sort?

991

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

what about F1 & F2 keys in xpeditor? And their functionalities?

2489

which is more efficient, level 77 or 01?

1043

What is the usage of open cursor command?

1100

How to declare host variables?

991

Define cics interface block?

994

Highlight all the advantages that are attached to a package.

1119

What are fillers?

1036

What is the maximum number of subfiles that can be specified in a display file?

1920

What does the following code do? Ap wkur,=p5 where wkur is a label?

1089

what is full form for dds?

1204

What is a trigger in the db2 database?

1080

Mention the option used in a cics command to retrieve the response code after execution of the command?

1104

What is table space in db2?

1017

How to restart a DB2 program?

1902

How vsam files are read in cics pgms?

1305

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